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Autodesk Inventor allows you to create amazing presentations without a huge amount of work. Learn how snapshots in Inventor presentations can be easily turned into exploded drawing views. Use the drawing environment in Inventor to identify parts with balloons and include assembly instructions in any drawing sheet set.

- [Voiceover] One last item I want to touch on…is the ability to create a drawing view.…It's not listed under the publish section,…but I see that as a vehicle to publish information…for others as well.…We're using the same exercise file…that we've been working on,…that has a couple snapshots and a couple story boards.…The snapshots are what are important…when it comes to creating drawing views.…These are going to be the views…that you have available to you…when the drawing view is created.…All you have to do is simply go to the Toolbar…under the Drawing panel,…and click Create Drawing View.…

This will bring up the template dialog box…where you can select the proper template for your needs.…I'm going to select Standard.idw,…and double-click it,…and you see that I'm placed into a drawing view.…Inventor's placed a view on my screen,…and I have a dialog box for the drawing view.…In the presentation section of the dialog box,…there's a drop-down that lists the snapshots…that are available to us.…I'm going to select the prop removal option,…

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4/20/2017

Released

7/8/2016

Presentations make ideas clearer to colleagues and more impressive to clients. Learn to create presentations with visually compelling features, such as exploded views, to improve your documentation in the enhanced Autodesk Inventor presentation environment. In this course, John Helfen covers the new tools and publication workflows in Autodesk Inventory 2016, including storyboards, snapshots, and component trails that show where parts are located. He also shows how to add cameras and animate presentations to create more dynamic 360° views of parts and assemblies. If you are looking for new documentation or client presentation options, this course is designed for you.

Topics include:

Creating presentations

Adding component trails

Creating storyboards and snapshot views

Adding cameras

Animating presentations

Publishing presentations

Skill Level Appropriate for all

39m 37s

Duration

18,561

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Q: This course was updated on 04/20/2017. What changed?

A: New videos were added that show how to do a multi-item edit and save a transparent background.